Brownie Protein Pancakes

Sometimes when I have a day off from work, I like to make myself a legit breakfast. Yesterday was no exception. Below are some of the best pancakes I have ever created..hands down. I don’t make pancakes often, but when I do I go big. I’ve done classic pancakes, I’ve done pumpkin pancakes (I could eat pumpkin pancakes every day), but this time I wanted something different…something new..something…chocolate.

Brownie Protein Pancakes

Once I took this first photo, I realized I needed a better presentation plate. The dark pancakes blend in too much with the dark plate.

Ingredients

1/2 cup vanilla almond milk (and then some more after everything is combined)

Then once I grabbed a white plate the bananas got “washed out” by the color contrast.

Directions

Mix milk, oil, and vanilla in a small bowl and set aside.

Mix together the flour, protein, baking powder, cocoa powder, sugar, and salt in a separate bowl until well combined.

Add the liquid mix to the dry mix and stir until well mixed. You will need a bit more milk at this stage because they batter came out a bit thick. Add enough milk to thin the batter a bit.

Scoop mix onto a lightly greased skillet and cook one side until you can easily slide a spatula underneath to flip. Same for the other side.

I was not expecting these pancakes to taste like brownies, but they did. Hence the name brownie pancakes. I thought they would taste like chocolate, but I didn’t realize I would be face planting into a pile of dessert for breakfast. These were amazing.

These were gooey, delicious, and perfect for one person. I gobbled up every last bite of these brownie like cakes. I’ll be adding this recipe to my mental cookbook. In the end, the first photo with the dark plate turned out to be my favorite. Go figure.

I could very well eat pumpkin pancakes everyday too. I don’t even care if it’s 100 degrees outside. I love them so.
However, brownie protein pancakes sound pretty darn amazing as well! They look perfect!

I am impressed that you have the will power to move the pancakes. I would have been like um f it. I’m gunna eat these, NOW. This is in my mental list of things you will be cooking for me when we play house for a week.

Angela @ Health's Angel

Gahhh I want these! I finally caved a bought a couple sample packs of protein powder…after hating on it for so long. I hear good things about Sun Warrior though and I love that it’s vegan, so I’m looking forward to trying it out.
I’ve been all about chocolate at breakfast lately. Oatmeal with cocoa powder! I have a chocolate problem.

Your pouring syrup photo is epic! And my math skills are awful, too. That’s why were bloggers (aka writers, right?!), not mathematicians! You pancakes look heavenly. I love that you make yourself nice breakfasts on days off. That’s so awesome!

Girl, I wouldn’t know how to combine 1/4 cup and 1/8, so I’m totally in the same boat!

Okay. Second off, your photography is AMAZING! If you could send some talent to Texas ASAP, that’d be great! Third off, I had a half day at school, so I’m actually going to have breakfast for lunch and make these. I mean brownies and pancakes combined? YESS!

Errr mental cookbook?? You need to get that ish onto PAPER because it would be a sell-out..these pancakes look phenomenal! I am usually more a fan of fruity-flavored pancakes (blueberry, banana & nut, apple cinnamon), but these are an exception!

On a separate note, what camera do you use? These pictures are awesome!

Meghan @ fitnesscrEATures

Oh dang girl!! These look fantastic! Pancakes are a huge favorite of mine – though I typically prefer a salty breakfast, pancakes win a lot of the time too! YUM such a creative recipe! Also, at least you can make your food look pretty – I certainly am not capable of such things!

First off, I am SO proud of you for your photos!! To be able to recognize that the dark pancakes didn’t stand out enough with the dark blue plate and to adjust mid-shoot — that’s a HUGE step! YAY!!! 😀 And since the brownie pancakes were the main focus, it’s okay that the bananas were a little too light with the white plate. It’s important to capture all of that chocolaty goodness!

When I come visit, will you make me a plate of these? Pretty pretty please? 🙂

I’m actually very leery of using protein powders in baking. I only did so in these pancakes because I needed a protein boost, and it actually turned out OK!! I LOVE black bean brownies, so sad yours didn’t turn out!

Go big or go home is right! These look delicious no matter what color plate you put them on, although I do agree with you. The first shot with the black plate is my favorite. This photo stuff takes work, right! It’s totally worth it though because your pictures came out beautiful. #diningsolo for the win.

omgggg Brittttttttt. I neeeed these. NEED them. I’ve been so hungry today and I just had dinner and I could totally stuff my face with these for dessert. And hot damn, your presentation skills are amazeballs!!! I need to work on mine. You rock at creating yummy things and you KNOW I will be making these bad boys soon! YUMMO!

Something chocolate is always a good choice, and omigosh they look so fudgy and delicious. Honestly, I don’t think I’ve ever had chocolate pancakes… Chocolate chip yes, but not full-blown chocolate. I feel like I’m missing out 😦

Nom Nom Nom … I like the Dos Equis reference, haha. I’ll just call you the mist interesting WOman in the world! You know my love for pancakes so I WILL be trying this recipe… do you think it will work the same with whey protein?

I think these would be even BETTER with whey protein!! Creamier. I love my rice protein, but it’s definitely not as smooth as whey! Give it a try! I just sub some protein powder for flour to get an even ratio of dry ingredients.

STOOOOOOOOP. These look so good! Usually if I’m having pancakes I just go with plain buttermilk! There is a place about 45 min away from me that has the most amazing pecan pancakes and I will always get those though if I am there!

OMG these looks and sound sooooo good! I’m definitely going to have to try these soon! I’ve been making chocolate pancakes lots lately but slightly different ingredients! These definitely look brownie chocolatey heaven!

Ah, don’t you just love it when a recipe is MORE than a big hit from the very beginning?! This sounds too good~and for some reason I’ve been loving chocolate more than ever after birth (don’t know what happened there) so I really want this now, haha!

LOL @ face-plant breakfast..I’m with you, face-deep into the chocolatey morning goodness!
It would be fun to make a batch of another flavor, maybe peanut butter or banana, and alternate them light and dark. Might be easier to photograph and oh so yumful!

paigepodbelsek

Just made these for breakfast!! Like literally 15 minutes ago. All I can say is…thank you for this recipe!!! I topped mine with protein frosting (chocolate protein powder with a little water, whisked) and a big heaping spoonful of Nutzo nut butter….LITERALLY brownies on a plate. Now, brownies in my stomach. Great recipe!!

BRITTANY- Self proclaimed minimalist "granola" striving to maintain a balanced, healthy life with good food, long hikes, strong relationships, exploration, lots of broccoli, and laughing like it's my J.O.B. Currently living and working in Germany, join me on my adventures abroad!

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